A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Arzak in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007anp. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007anp. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:57 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 77.0982° East, 39.8142° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 13:27:57 / January 19, 2020 @ 1:27 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kashi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km E of Arzak, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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